Adam Cooper

Triple murderer Gregory Brazel conned a convicted killer and another prisoner out of a combined $50,000 while the three men were in jail, according to court documents.

Brazel, 55, who is serving a life sentence for killing three women between 1982 and 1990, is accused of inducing fellow inmates Thomas Kenyon and Peter Caruso into transferring money into his control, according to documents tendered to Melbourne Magistrates Court.

The transfers took place between March and May 2011 while the trio were prisoners at the Metropolitan Remand Centre, charge sheets allege. Caruso, 80, was in 2010 jailed for a minimum 13 years for the 2008 murder of his wife.

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Brazel had Kenyon, 50, transfer $13,050 into the account of an associate after the killer promised he would provide legal services over a planning permit related to a house his fellow inmate owned, according to Kenyon's statement.

Kenyon arranged for the money to be paid into the account by his brother, the brother's wife and that man's nephew, the court heard on Monday.

Caruso arranged for $37,510 to be paid from his account into the account of either another prisoner or an associate, according to a statement made by prison intelligence officer Stephen Biram, who investigated the matter.

Brazel is charged with four counts of obtaining property by deception. He is yet to enter a plea.

Brazel, who is representing himself, alleged in court that Mr Biram "recruited" prisoners to make a complaint against him so jail staff could move the killer into a unit where prisoners could be closely monitored.

He also alleged Mr Biram "crossed the line" by last week calling an associate of Brazel's to discuss the case.